Good Monday Morning!
Are we too results-oriented to appreciate our own successes? The question comes up as I explore the concept of brain-Mind melding.
I've felt/seen the conflict in clients when we explore a new means of achieving a desired change. We talk about the process and the probability of reaching the new goal, an internal outcome that will be very satisfying, but with no obvious evidence to validate what they've invested.
In other words, as a culture we seek validation from those around us who might, seeing our investment, applaud our efforts, thus further anchoring the effect we have achieved.
We have moved into a Cosmic energy that makes possible so much more than we have ever believed possible for humanity.
Yet we are born of a karmic pattern that hungered for concrete evidence and the approval of others. We love the thought of using this awesome energy to create a new self, a new Earth, while we feel like we're still lumbering along in linear, thus limited, physical dimension.
As I talked with a friend yesterday about the health of her partner, we discussed how he might choose to use the three-point formula to communicate with his system and perhaps achieve a resolution of his symptoms. Is the formula enough to satisfy that need for concrete evidence? Once relieved of our symptoms, is it possible for us to relax and celebrate our new creation without validation?
Is our System stronger when we can relax into our own knowing?
When I have shared with others the successes I've had with my own symptoms I've felt the implausibility factor. And I understand it. I am, by nature, a skeptic. However, the journey is a great teacher.
I am often prompted to share a physical success with a client or friend, so I have a fertile environment for practicing objectivity; for seeking within myself the ease of knowing without having to seek validation for what I've achieved. Truth is, seeking to exceed my ego, I often share the successes of others (carefully disguised) to illustrate what is possible. And so I observe ego; what a fickle thing it is and how, breathing, we can allow it to rest - sometimes. Whew!
We are moving closer to achieving ease, relieving the need to validate our outcomes by seeking the approval of others. In the meantime, we breathe, we practice, we become. Some of the good news is that we are doing it in good company. Thank you for sharing the journey with me.
Phyl-EL
Monday, September 9, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Brain vs. Mind & the Melding
Greetings!
Yes, it's been a while, and now it's time to process and report what has real meaning go me in the hope that I am actually creating this brain/mind meld as I write.
This is prompted by too many sources to report all of it.
Suffice to say, every time I turn around this week a new element shoots into my awareness and provides fertile ground for this adventure in Consciousness.
As I age I find myself groping for a word, a reference, a concept. Thoughts of a brain stimulation course have crossed my mind, but I've not acted on it. And after my sister checked out one of them on line, I had a coalescing thought: Why not use our Mind, expanded Consciousness, to meld with the brain and stimulate its capacity to function fully. Why not use what is in our nature already to achieve a finely functioning brain?
Brain function and Mind are so closely related that it really is not feasible to talk about them as separate functions, but we can consider the ways they are different so that we are more intentional in our access and use. More focused intention produces more of what we need and want.
Our brains run our physical systems. We know that if we injure the brain we can lose functions related to that part of the brain. We also use our brains to process logic, store concepts, create lists, organize life and doing so, feel safe, at least temporarily. The brain is a linear processor.
Thoughts that come from the brain often prompt emotion. And emotions will produce thoughts related to the emotion, which in turn produces more emotion - and so the carousel spins. These two are a rowdy pair. Like two kids on the playground looking for adventure, brain and emotion partner to promote chaos.
Mind is not brain. Mind is linked to Cosmic Consciousness. It is not linear. As I write this I realize that what I really mean is that Mind IS Cosmic Consciousness. In fact, we cannot know how expansive it is. We are born of and raised in a linear physical world. Exploring Mind, then, is a leap for us; not impossible, but an adventure beyond the concreteness we have trusted - for as long as we have known ourselves. It is as possible as we allow, as we dare it to be.
If we can embrace that Mind is Cosmic Consciousness, then it's not a big leap to ask ourselves how we might implement it for our benefit. And when we benefit by expanding Consciousness, then the whole of Consciousness is changed. Everyone benefits.
I've been exploring how Mind affects my physical being; my health and well being. Now I'm ready to affirm my intention to employ Mind to stimulate my linear brain. I now know that we have unlimited capacity to adeptly function in this multi-dimensional Universe. The adventure in Consciousness has reached a tipping point; I cannot stand still and observe.
The good news for all of us is that we do not have to use the brain to figure out how to make that happen. But because we are linear beings, we do need to employ conscious process to reestablish the link between brain and Mind. Using meditation, dreamtime, vocalizing my intention and primarily surrendering with breath, I am on my way to achieving this optimal way to utilize my whole System.
And I say reestablish because I believe we develop a dependence on our linear world which has the effect of (temporarily) causing a disconnect from fully operating Mind. Thus we hunger for Spirit, which is what we call The All That Is/Cosmic Consciousness. We hunger to link brain and Mind to know the Wholeness that is possible - again.
Phyllis/Phyl-EL
Yes, it's been a while, and now it's time to process and report what has real meaning go me in the hope that I am actually creating this brain/mind meld as I write.
This is prompted by too many sources to report all of it.
Suffice to say, every time I turn around this week a new element shoots into my awareness and provides fertile ground for this adventure in Consciousness.
As I age I find myself groping for a word, a reference, a concept. Thoughts of a brain stimulation course have crossed my mind, but I've not acted on it. And after my sister checked out one of them on line, I had a coalescing thought: Why not use our Mind, expanded Consciousness, to meld with the brain and stimulate its capacity to function fully. Why not use what is in our nature already to achieve a finely functioning brain?
Brain function and Mind are so closely related that it really is not feasible to talk about them as separate functions, but we can consider the ways they are different so that we are more intentional in our access and use. More focused intention produces more of what we need and want.
Our brains run our physical systems. We know that if we injure the brain we can lose functions related to that part of the brain. We also use our brains to process logic, store concepts, create lists, organize life and doing so, feel safe, at least temporarily. The brain is a linear processor.
Thoughts that come from the brain often prompt emotion. And emotions will produce thoughts related to the emotion, which in turn produces more emotion - and so the carousel spins. These two are a rowdy pair. Like two kids on the playground looking for adventure, brain and emotion partner to promote chaos.
Mind is not brain. Mind is linked to Cosmic Consciousness. It is not linear. As I write this I realize that what I really mean is that Mind IS Cosmic Consciousness. In fact, we cannot know how expansive it is. We are born of and raised in a linear physical world. Exploring Mind, then, is a leap for us; not impossible, but an adventure beyond the concreteness we have trusted - for as long as we have known ourselves. It is as possible as we allow, as we dare it to be.
If we can embrace that Mind is Cosmic Consciousness, then it's not a big leap to ask ourselves how we might implement it for our benefit. And when we benefit by expanding Consciousness, then the whole of Consciousness is changed. Everyone benefits.
I've been exploring how Mind affects my physical being; my health and well being. Now I'm ready to affirm my intention to employ Mind to stimulate my linear brain. I now know that we have unlimited capacity to adeptly function in this multi-dimensional Universe. The adventure in Consciousness has reached a tipping point; I cannot stand still and observe.
The good news for all of us is that we do not have to use the brain to figure out how to make that happen. But because we are linear beings, we do need to employ conscious process to reestablish the link between brain and Mind. Using meditation, dreamtime, vocalizing my intention and primarily surrendering with breath, I am on my way to achieving this optimal way to utilize my whole System.
And I say reestablish because I believe we develop a dependence on our linear world which has the effect of (temporarily) causing a disconnect from fully operating Mind. Thus we hunger for Spirit, which is what we call The All That Is/Cosmic Consciousness. We hunger to link brain and Mind to know the Wholeness that is possible - again.
Phyllis/Phyl-EL
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